Improvement in non-elastic bands for bales of cotton and other fibrous materials



UNITED STATES i PATENT OFFICE.

D. MocoMB,V or MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.n

IMPROVEMENT IN NON-ELASTIC BANDS FOR BALES 0F COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUSMATERIALS. I

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l5, |42, dated June 17,1856.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID MoCoMn, of Memphis, in the county of Shelbyand State of Tennessee, have invented a new and Improved Mode ofFastening Iron Hoops or Bands on Hay, Hemp, or Cotton Bales or other,Packages 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full andexact description thereof, relerence being had to the accompanyingdrawings and the iigures of reference .marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in preparing hoop-iron or othermetal hooping so as to make it ot' easy application in baling cotton orother fibrous mattei'.

To enable any one skilled in iron work and bnling hay, hemp, or cottonto make and use this method of fastening` lthe iron hoop, lf willdescribe its construction more fully..

I cut the hoop to any desired length, and then form a hook on each'endofit, as shown by 5 and 6 in Figure 2 ofthe drawings attached,

making the points of the hooks iit closely the' bend,.and making thehook about the width of the iron usedinlength. Over these hooks, whenput together', I put a Hat link or slide, which secures the hooks fromopening, when the pressure ofthe bale is applied, on the removal of thecompressing power. This link or slide ismade of thin hoop-iron cut andformed with dies, so as to make it of easy ap- -plication and sufficientstrength to secure the hoops fully. For the form ot' this slidereference may be hadto Fig. 3, which exhibits the under side of theslide, or the side which goes nent to the bale. Figures 1 and 2 in Fig.2 exhibit the other or outside of the slide,`which is so constructedthat figure 1 serves as a guard upper end of the hoop, while 2, 3, and4t are made open enough to receive four thicknesses of the hoop-iron.This arrangement of the slide secures it from being lost oft' the hoopafter the hooks are turned on the ends ofit,

as well as prevents the slide from droppingtoo far down when applyingthe hoop to bales, and is of great importance.

With this improved ltie bales are made much more rapidly than with rope,and are kept in very much better condition, as well as greatly moresecure from destruction by fire or damage by water.

What I claim as myinvention, and desire 'to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The combination ofthe link or slide with the hooked ends ot' hoopsfor the purpose of securing them from opening with the expansive forceof the bale.

2. The peculiar formation of the link, as exhibited in Figs. 2 and 3,which forms asecure means of keeping the hooked ends ofthe hooptogether, and has a guard which keeps it to its place, is easyotapplication in putting on, and may be removed at pleasure withoutmutilation.

DAVID MoooMB. I

